Improvement in metallic bindings for dash-boards of carriages



J. CURTIS.

Improvement in Metallic Bindings fo-r Dash-Boards of Carriages Patented Nov. 5,1872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN METALLIC BINDINGS FOR DASH-BOARDS 0F CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 132,712, dated November 5, 1872.

To all when it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN CURTIS, of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Metallic Rim and Binding for the Dash-Boards and similar parts of Carriages, of which thefollowing is a specifica tion:

My invention consists in applying a metal rim to the edges of dash-boards, fenders, boots, wings, step-covers, and like stiffened work of carriages, by means of strips of copper or other suitable material attached thereto by brazin g or soldering, or by groove and key, so as to give to those members a smooth, durable, and

elegant finish.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a dash-board trimmed with my metallic binding, a portion of the edge of the board being broken away in the drawing to exhibit the details of construction. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on a larger scale through. the

edge or border of'a dash-board having my metallic binding. Figs. 2 and A are similar sections, showing modifications of my invention.

A represents an iron frame of a dashboard, around which frame the customary leathers B B are stretched. D is a sheet or strip of copper or other suitable material, which may be crimped or doubled to the proper form, and its lower part being brazed or soldered to the frame A its upper part may be brazed to the bead 0, Fig. 3, or attached thereto by means of a groove in O and key E, Fig. 2. E is a key or piece of wire or other suitable material, which serves to secure the bead or rim 0, Fig. 2, to the doubled piece of copper D by entirely filling the groove in .0 after the doubled edge of the copper D has been previously inserted therein. 0 is the metal rim, generally solid or grooved, which is securely brazed to the copper D, Figs. 3 and 4, or attached thereto by means of the groove and key, Fig. 2, so as to impart a permanently hard, smooth, and stylish edging to the dash-board, over which the reinsmay play without producing or receiving injury, as is the case with the customary stitched-leather border. The parts having been thus applied to each other the leather portions are further secured, if necessary, by suitable stitching, H.

The above-described metallic border supersedes entirely the comparatively costly and destructible metallic rail which surmounts some dash-boards. My metallic binding may have a gold, silver, nickel, Japan, or other finish to correspond with the other trimmings, and may be advantageously applied to all those leather appendages of carriages which are stiffened on frames, such as fenders, boots, wings, step-covers, &c. India-rubber cloth or other suitable material may take the place of leather in the above-described use.

The form or type of my invention here selected for illustration maybe varied from in non essential particulars. For example, in the place of the copper D a strip of leather, canvas, or other suitable material may be used, which being secured to '0 by means of the groove and key E, Fig. 2, may have its lower edge temporarilypasted to the frame A. Again, the bead or rim 0 may be hollow with a longitudinal slit on the lower side, through which the upper edges of the copperD may be passed, after which 0 may be securely brazed or soldered to D so as to be held firmly in position. (See Fig. 4..)

I claim as my invention 1. A solid metallic rim secured to the edge of the dash-board or other stiffened part of a carriage, substantially as set forth.

2. A metallic rim secured, by means of a groove and key, to the edges of the dash-board or other stiffened parts of a carriage, substantially-as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A hollow metallic casing secured to the edges of the dash-board or other stiffened parts of a carriage by being brazed or soldered to the metallic strips D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

Witnesses: JOHN CURTIS.

JOHN E. Enron, JEREMIAH F. Twonzre. 

